US Plant Patent PP14286

Melody Mambo

Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Mambo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 19, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP14286
Filed: August 19, 2002
Granted: November 11, 2003
Expires: August 19, 2022
Assignee: VERWER DAHLIAS B V
Inventor: VERWER AAD W M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Mambo’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; decorative inflorescence form; large inflorescences with dark red-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity and garden performance.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Mambo’, as illustrated and described.

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